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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1947
Page
4
The page blends opinion on faith and joy with guidance on road parking changes and Iowa inheritance tax rules. It cites Greece and national policy, discusses road surfaces due to heavy traffic, and urges wills and mutual spouses planning. It references comments from Sioux City Journal and various state outlets.
The church bulletin quotes Let go and Let God on a crowded outdoor board. The column notes widespread soft drink deliveries around town and remarks that many people are heavy drinkers. The writer mentions calculating a mathematical puzzle attributed to Joel Kupperman as a playful aside.
In Lincoln Nebraska friends carried a head of cabbage to Sioux City Iowa then to Washington for a vacation trip to Columbus Ohio. The Bridges sisters in Tombstone Arizona and Marian and Ruth Bridges in Lincoln await their meal as the cabbage travels across multiple states on a humorous voyage.
The Maryland school board approves a plan to construct a new district school building using current materials to control costs. The old building will remain in use until occupancy. Also notes Bodines on summer Colorado trips and a White Way club anecdote about three boys in a drug store.
A druggist climbs a ladder to fetch moth balls for a series of boys. After two dime’s worth purchases, a third boy asks for a nickels worth and declines the ladder, ending the exchange with a sharper, cheaper request.
An express and a local train start opposite directions from New York and Washington. After meeting the express needs one more hour to finish to Washington while the local needs three hours to reach New York. A second express leaves Washington as the first arrives there. Both expresses share the same speed. Which reaches New York first, the local or the express.
Fort Des Moines Iowa Aug 15 This first home of the Women s Army Corps is a self governed veteran town with 3000 residents and full town facilities It is run by a mayor and council with police fire child care clinic school shops churches library park golf pool theater and community center All inhabitants are veterans and most are enthusiastic about their town's unique status and development.
Crawfordsville August 15 report details a grand bicycle parade with 19 entries for a band concert event. Carla Kay Spangler won first prize for an Uncle Sam themed bicycle, followed by Janice Cheng as a gay 90s lady in second place.
The Des Moines city council, led by the mayor, reviews actions involving veterans and their concerns. The hearing focuses on veteran welfare, funding, and community support measures.
August family reunion at Lyle J. Zehr home marked the first gathering in 44 years for seven Witting sisters and many relatives from Illinois Iowa Michigan California Texas and Kansas. A cooperative noon dinner drew nine attendees followed by afternoon visitors including Mrs Joel Frey Roy Frey Mrs C K Schantz and Mrs FE Allen.
The text notes that papermaking was manual until 1798 when Louis Robert, a French inventor, created the endless wire screen central to the papermaking machine. He sold the idea to Sealy Fourdrinier and his brother Henry, English financiers who later financed the project. these machines now bear the Fourdrinier name.
The steamships opened Alaska to the United States during the 1898 gold rush. By an act of Congress on May 26, 1900 the Army Signal Corps built 1,740 miles of telegraph lines in two years and laid a sea cable from Sitka to Seattle enabling instant communication with remote areas.
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